Meaning of half-night stand | Babel Free

Definitions

A single sexual encounter between two individuals, lasting for less than an entire night, where at least one of the partners has no immediate intention or expectation of establishing a longer-term sexual or romantic relationship.

idiomatic

Examples

“Near-synonyms: hit and run; pump and dump; wham, bam, thank you ma'am”

“Allison had not even reached mistress status, just a half-night stand.”

“Still, as he refused to concede that he was incapable of fucking, in the years that followed, there were more forgettable half-night stands.”

“He'd been the byproduct of a quart of Old Bushmills and a half-night stand.”

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